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Happy Thanksgiving - it's CMS time
So Thanksgiving came and went, it was a great four days away from work. But here we are getting back to the grind.
I have been setting up a CMS for my company and it's going well. Originally, I wanted to create a custom CMS programmed and built from the ground up. I could not get my boss sold on the idea, mostly because he has been burned in the past with software development, cost, design, and time frames.
I understood where he was coming from and decided to get to work on customizing something that had previously been done. No need to reinvent the wheel, that's what they tell me anyways. Anyhow, turns out that there are a lot of good open source CMS out in cyberspace. Some are better than others, but the choices are pretty clear, Drupal, Joomla, Mambo, and Wordpress.
You can't go wrong with any of these, it all boils down to your specific needs, and the level of customization you will need. I used to think that if you wanted it done right you would need to build it yourself.
The bottom line is that these CMS systems are all designed to work with databases. Frankly, once you get the data into a database, it becomes quite easy to manipulate the display. If you are well verse in Web design and Web development, you can get pretty creative on how you parse and display the data, not to mention that they make it a lot easier to perform SEO (search engine optimization) work.Labels: cms, Search Engine, SEO, Web Design
I have been setting up a CMS for my company and it's going well. Originally, I wanted to create a custom CMS programmed and built from the ground up. I could not get my boss sold on the idea, mostly because he has been burned in the past with software development, cost, design, and time frames.I understood where he was coming from and decided to get to work on customizing something that had previously been done. No need to reinvent the wheel, that's what they tell me anyways. Anyhow, turns out that there are a lot of good open source CMS out in cyberspace. Some are better than others, but the choices are pretty clear, Drupal, Joomla, Mambo, and Wordpress.You can't go wrong with any of these, it all boils down to your specific needs, and the level of customization you will need. I used to think that if you wanted it done right you would need to build it yourself.
The bottom line is that these CMS systems are all designed to work with databases. Frankly, once you get the data into a database, it becomes quite easy to manipulate the display. If you are well verse in Web design and Web development, you can get pretty creative on how you parse and display the data, not to mention that they make it a lot easier to perform SEO (search engine optimization) work.
Labels: cms, Search Engine, SEO, Web Design
Now that the holidays are here, family has begun to arrive. I, for one, am very excited that they are here. I grew up in a household where it felt more like a hotel than a home. Growing up in the suburbs of NY we always had relatives that felt the need to stay with us when they came to visit the Big Apple. I come from a large family and found myself giving up my bed for relatives quite often.
My first stop was with my son Brandon, I'm very proud of him, since he joined the Air Force he has grown and matured quite a bit. I guess the discipline has done him well. He wanted to see some alligators, as such, I took him down to the 
The tour continued with the beach in the afternoon and although the water was too cold for swiming it made it for a perfect walk with the feet cooling down. Who would have thought that I would have my feet in the water in November, but the weather is still quite nice and the Thanksgiving forecast is set for the mid 70's. I still miss my Northern friends, but I don't envy the snow they are schedule to get this week.